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go go curry

Go Go Curry

When you see a giant crab outside a restaurant you think of fresh seafood, if you see a bull you think of steak. Well, what do you think when you see a giant gorilla, curry of course.


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Japan Rail Pass vs Local Tickets

Unlike most cities around the world, many of the large Japanese cities have multiple railway companies operating in the one city. This not only makes it challenging in navigation but also in choosing the right ticketing option for your travels.


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Kani Douraku and its giant mechanical crab

Kani Douraku on Dotombori, Osaka is probably Osaka’s most recognizable restaurants. The front of the restaurant is adorned with a giant six and a half metre mechanical crab.


Line Friends

Line is a instant messaging system that is very popular throughout Asia and in particular Japan where it began in 2011. The system was developed as a disaster response tool after the damage to telecommunication infrastructure during the Tohoku earthquake.


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Japan’s musical fuel trucks

If you ever spend time in Japan you may notice that there are some things that are done just a bit differently. Sometimes this is due to habits that date back centuries or just because a necessity brings out a unique solution to a situation only found in Japan. One of these unique things you see roaming the streets is what looks like a mobile petrol bowser attached to a small truck.


Marion crepes

Marion Crepes

The Japanese sure have a sweet tooth and crepes are a favourite especially with girls in their teens and early twenties.


C&C Curry Shop

C&C Curry Shops are another of example of the dozens of franchises and chains dedicated to selling curries throughout Japan. Curry has become one of the great comfort foods for the Japanese with their curry being much sweeter and more gravy like than that of Indian or South East Asian curries.


Ueno Zoo Panda

Tokyo Zoo’s Giant Pandas

Any visitor to Japan will soon realise the Japanese love pandas and one would be forgiven for thinking these magnificent black and white creatures were…


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Nihonbashi Bridge

The Nihonbashi Bridge is one of two bridges that remain in Tokyo from the Meiji Emperor Mutsuhito reign of 1867 to 1912. Others have made way for new developments or were lost in the bombing and fire storms of World War II.